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During the Antarctic summer (October–February), McMurdo's population is at its highest with between 1,200 and 1,400 people living there. [5] During this time, as of 2017, the Antarctic Fire Department maintains a staff of about 46, including 21 firefighters, the other personnel being dispatchers, lieutenants, and command staff.
The Antarctic Fire Department is headquartered at McMurdo Station and is the only full-service fire department on the continent. They respond to all emergencies including fire, medical, and rescues at the American stations, McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole, and provide mutual aid response to other stations, notably the Kiwi Scott Base.
Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC) was a division of Raytheon that provided logistics, operations, and staffing for the National Science Foundation's operations in Antarctica and Antarctic waters. Its contract with the United States Antarctic Program expired on March 30, 2012. [citation needed]
George Gilbert and Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe are taking on another epic challenge to raise the profile of female firefighters around the world.
An April 1996 report, U.S. Antarctic Program, by the President's National Science and Technology Council, directed the establishment of the present Panel and reaffirmed that essential elements of U.S. national and scientific interests are well served by continued involvement in scientific activity in the Antarctic as carried out by the U.S ...
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), opened for signature on December 1, 1959, and officially entered into force on June 23, 1961. McMurdo was one of seven bases that the United States built for the IGY, which also included Hallett , Wilkes , Admundsen-Scott, Ellsworth , Byrd, and ...
The icebreaker Almirante Irizar has been the principal supply line for Argentine bases in Antarctica since 1978. Antarctica New Zealand; Argentine Antarctic Program; Australian Antarctic Division; Brazilian Antarctic Program; British Antarctic Survey [1] Instituto Antártico Argentino; Instituto Antártico Chileno; IPEV French Polar Institute
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